Confessions

Not sure if it’s a good or bad thing, but I can’t help but feel like I’m drowning in the noise of the varying agendas of this culture. From every song, to every site, to every program an agenda is being proclaimed. I have been attempting to peel back the layers in my own life… Read more

“This concept of accepting suffering as a normal part of our everyday experience is resisted in the west. We’re taught just the opposite. Everything in our culture, personal lives and churches is geared to avoid sacrifice and suffering. We believe that we must wait for disaster or a time of tribulation to suffer, that sacrifice… Read more

The marriage bed is a Holy place. Never do you share what happens there, never do you film it and sell it online. You don’t talk about it with your buds… it’s a Holy place. It’s the place you and your spouse keep completely private. For disciples of Christ, you too have a marriage bed… Read more

Un-forgivness is the vilest demon that many people gladly befriend. Read more

Lectio Divina, latin for holy reading, is the most powerful spiritual discipline that I practice. Find a couple of passages and spend 20-30 minutes going through these four cycles of reading, mediating, praying, and contemplating. Compared to chewing cud like cows it’s amazing how much nutrients God’s word has in it when we chew more. Read more

Starting to see that reading about discipleship from American writers is like a crackhead taking advice from another crackhead. Read more

All of a sudden I’ve realized that my personality has grown. It’s becoming a monster that wants to overtake me and rule over me. I’m sure by this point many people are polarized by it.  How did this ever happen? How can I find a way out? Read more

Each week during sermon preparation, I do my best to not lean on my own understanding and just listen to God. I let Him instruct every facet of the sermon. From the brainstorm of what He wants to say to His people, to the stories He wants me to use to describe the concept He… Read more

Like the dude who has been stuck by lightning several times and now runs inside at any sign of a storm, I’ve been asking for God to grow me in the fear of Him. Weird thing is as much as I would like to wrestle all night like Jacob or collapse like Isaiah the reverence… Read more

Don’t despise the friendships that build you up. Honor and cherish them. Read more